Music Encoding Initiative Guidelines

Module

Used by

Attribute ClassesThese class-based attributes use data.SCALEDEGREE

att.harmonicFunction/@degCaptures scale degree information using Humdrum **deg syntax -- an optional indicator of melodic approach (^ = ascending approach, v = descending approach), a scale degree value (1 = tonic ... 7 = leading tone), and an optional indication of chromatic alteration, 1, v7, ^1, or v5+, for example. The amount of chromatic alternation is not indicated.

Declaration


                                 <macroSpec ident="data.SCALEDEGREE" module="MEI" type="dt">
                                    
                                    <desc xml:lang="en">Scale degree values.</desc>
                                    
                                    <content>
                                       
                                       <rng:data type="token">
                                          
                                          <rng:param name="pattern">(\^|v)?[1-7](\+|\-)?</rng:param>
                                          </rng:data>
                                       </content>
                                    </macroSpec>